1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/usr.bin/nc/netcat.c b/src/usr.bin/nc/netcat.c
index e945ba6e8f..dc60158749 100644
--- a/src/usr.bin/nc/netcat.c
+++ b/src/usr.bin/nc/netcat.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: netcat.c,v 1.222 2022/12/18 12:48:28 tb Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: netcat.c,v 1.223 2022/12/18 12:51:10 tb Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2001 Eric Jackson <ericj@monkey.org>
  * Copyright (c) 2015 Bob Beck.  All rights reserved.
@@ -1510,6 +1510,10 @@ udptest(int s)
 {
         int i, ret;
 
+        /* Only write to the socket in scan mode or interactive mode. */
+        if (!zflag && !isatty(STDIN_FILENO))
+                return 0;
+
         for (i = 0; i <= 3; i++) {
                 if (write(s, "X", 1) == 1)
                         ret = 1;